Example sentences of "they have been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | No they 're not but they 've been getting on all right really . |
| 2 | ‘ They 've been feeding on waste from the labs . |
| 3 | And for the last 3 days , they 've been living on the food they 'd planned to give to the children . |
| 4 | They 've been focusing on the relationship between staff and students and so why did you focus on what appears to be the short end of the stick , rather than the major problem ? |
| 5 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
| 6 | They 've been working on farms , it seems . ’ |
| 7 | The students are coming to the end of their additional assessments now : they 've been working on their projects since December . |
| 8 | So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch |
| 9 | They 've been working on Sarah 's today . |
| 10 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 11 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 12 | The two drivers were later charged with dangerous driving , but it was widely suspected that they had been acting on orders . |
| 13 | Reluctantly realizing that major investment from the City was increasingly unlikely , they had been concentrating on the unions and council pension funds . |
| 14 | If they had been working on fruit trees they 'd come in much higher . |
| 15 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 16 | It was alleged that at first the railway company denied that they had been travelling on the train at all , and it was indeed suggested that the two children were chance victims of the holocaust and they happened to be wandering by the railway at the time . |
| 17 | Heaven knew , it had been difficult enough to remain even slightly detached when they had been putting on an act for the benefit of an audience . |
| 18 | They had been fighting on the same side in a war which is often erroneously characterised as an ethnic conflict ; fighting for what the Serb guerrillas call the ‘ Muslim side ’ . |
| 19 | They had been sitting on the sands all day . |
| 20 | They have been working on their passing and set-piece play after two poor displays in the Premier League and the Coca Cola Cup . |
| 21 | ‘ They have been working on the driving maul yet it 's not something they have been renowned for in the past . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I know exactly what they have been saying on TV . |
| 23 | ‘ They have been concentrating on the targetted London seats , ’ said his agent Anne Harradine . |